This episode of Breaking Bad begins where the second episode left off. Walker and Jesse are in a predicament with the acid soaked remains of Emilio on the floor and Crazy 8 in the basement locked up waiting for death. In this Episode Walter is really dealing with the weight of life and if he can bring himself to kill Crazy 8. During this episode we see Walter growing more aggressive however, the cancer limits his aggressions. Walter struggles with this weight of killing crazy 8 by himself (because Jesse ran off to escape his problems with sex and drugs). During this time he tries to carry on a human conversation with Crazy 8 trying to find any reason not to kill him and when he decides to let him go comes to the awful realization that Crazy 8 intends to kill Walter as soon as he is let go. This drives Walter to strangling Crazy 8 with the bike lock and going home.
This episode is full of commentary on human life. Walter at the beginning flashes back to a younger him breaking down the human chemically and stating that "there must be more to a human than this". This is profound in the episode as Walter struggles with killing Crazy 8. Walter also tries to find any humanity and bond with Crazy 8 only to find that the man intends to kill him. This drives Walter to believe that there isn't more to human life and kills Crazy 8. The progression of Walter's character is that he is straying further away from who he once used to be.
The question of this episode is what is there to humanity? What is there that makes a human up? re we all just chemistry or is there a soul that is involved? This is vital to our culture and ministry to our generation. This is a question that our generation struggles with and we can help bring clarity to that question with God and the gospel.
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